I have a MacBook logic board that works great, but nothing else from the MacBook survived. It is an Early 2008 book. As it sits now, its a logic board with RAM and a hard drive sitting on my desk hooked to my 20" Apple Display. What I'd like to do is put it in some sort of Apple case. I was thinking the Original Airport Base Station, or an original Apple TV.

My question is, has anyone seen the inside of the Apple TV, and will it have room to fit the MacBook's logic board and hard drive? Same question goes for the AirPort Base Station, but I don't think it will be big enough. I've never seen either of these two items in real life, so it is hard for me to gauge their size.

The ATV would be cool, because, it would look like a Mac Mini, but thinner. (Of course, I do not intend to stuff an Optical Superdrive in there.) The Base Station would be cool as well.

Any other ideas for a custom case for the MacBook board would be awesome to hear. I've seen the one where this guy put one inside a Macalley external HD enclosure that looked similar to a Mac Pro tower. I even bought the enclosure, but I think I want something else. Something small and discrete enough to attach to the back of my Cinema Display to form my custom iMac would be cool.

As for my AirPort antennas, I am thinking about purchasing some antennas out of the 20" iMac, as I am pretty sure they will hook right up the the card that is on my logic board. Any confirmation on this one?

I have no idea. I updated the phone to the latest firmware and everything. Oh well, I don't really need it since I don't have a text plan, I use GoogleVoice for that.]]>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:06 PSThttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/479320#Post479320SpacePilot Prohttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/477219#Post477219
KnifeLord on: 10/21/0908:56 PM

Don't worry, I'm still working on the desk... But I just picked up a SpacePilot Pro and would like to write a Mac interface. Any advice?

Sorry for not seeing this sooner.As far as editing the aluminum, try anodizing. This guy has a great guide on it- <http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html> You'd have to take out all the components first, and perhaps to be effective remove Apple's expensive super-tech surface coating... maybe that's a good thing.On the side of wood, it would be very easy if you're patient with it. You'd need a good thin-bladed inlayer's or jig saw with a VERY small blade and a drill bit slightly larger than the blade and a nice fine-toothed file. You could make the wood as thick or as thin as you'd like, but if you make it too thin (perhaps less than 1/32") your constant typing will eventually rip it to pieces. As far as gluing it, I'm not sure what to tell you, probably superglue is a safe option but you'd have to make very thin lines in-between the keys. Good luck!

I've been playing with the WiiMote on my Hackintosh. Thanks to Johnny Lee Chung he has found new ways/idea to interact with the computer with the WiiMote. Turn your monitor into a whiteboard. Just build a simple IR LED pen and set the WiiMote in view of the monitor.

On the WiiMoteProject website people are trying to find software that will work for this whiteboard software. Pretty much it works as a single button mouse. Heres a list of software I have tried.

GoogleEarth (Have to use the keyboard to help to interact)Warcraft3 (Have to do a lot of movement and the calibration isn't dead on)Celestia (Pretty much the same as GoogleEarth)Klondike Forever (Works great!)AMP FrontEnd (Works great!)Gimp (Works alright but with the wrong LED it will move choppy)

I'm in the works of building some gloves and another lightpen that will use a mouse right/left click]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:46:28 PSThttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/476315#Post476315Interact with gloveshttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/476295#Post476295
TCPMeta on: 12/30/0809:46 AM

I have been playing with the WiiMote on my system for a few days now. I also have seen the video from Cynergy Labs where a guy has built some interactive gloves. My gloves I have in mind will be easier to develop and use. gloves, a wireless mouse, WiiMote, IR LEDs and a few small tact switches.

One hand will control the movement and right/left clickingThe other will control scrolling and other buttons if I decided to use a tilt/multi button mouse.

ZOMG, teh modguide is up! Now site traffic is asplode!Just kidding, the modguide has, however, been published, if anybody is interested. When I work the bezel in there I'll update it.]]>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:46:42 PDThttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/476163#Post476163Wireless Keyboard USB Mod?http://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/476019#Post476019
whitlock on: 09/30/0801:19 PM

Originally Posted By: "soundmann18"

or you could just get the power from usb - it would be cool to make a power control unit that takes the 5v USB and converts it to 3V at the right current that is in the size of a battery. Then connect this to the battery socket to provide the power. And then keep it communicating with the computer by BT. This way you haven't soldered anything on so you can easily disconnect the usb power cord to use it as wireless.

Very true, since it would communicate. Not a 'true' USB controlled keyboard per se, but it should work and accomplish trying to not use more batteries.

Ok, so the Apple Wireless Keyboards take 4 batteries, not 3 like I originally thought. You'd be dealing with providing 6V of power versus the 5V that USB can provide. I honestly don't know if you are going to get enough juice to power it via USB but it's worth a shot.

I've used several Erickson models with Tiger. The have a bluetooth input device built into them. You can select any of a few modes, like presenter, mouse and so on. Once you pair the phone with your mac and turn on one of those modes, the keyboard setup wizard comes up. you just close it out and you're ready to go. Its really neat, you can use the directional buttons to control the mouse and everything. It also works with Front Row. In fact, until I found my keyspan remote I used a w600ito control a powerbook I was using as a media center. I guess what I'm getting at is, depending on the phone, it might have the ability built in. No need for additional software.]]>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:26:17 PDThttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/476011#Post476011Car Hard Drive Din Mounthttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/475957#Post475957
RadioC1ash on: 10/06/0810:55 AM

Lemmie know how it turns out, I've been considering doing some similar work in the car.]]>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:55:42 PDThttp://forums.applecentral.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/475957#Post475957